Z88DK – Development kit for Z80 gets new version

Z88DK is a C cross compiler package that targets the z80 and consists of a C compiler, an extensive set of assembly language libraries, an assembler / linker, and a tool for generating executables in a number of formats. Development in C, assembly language or a mixture of the two is directly supported.

After one year since the last release, it is available the version 1.99B – another transitional release on the way to version 2.0. The list of changes is extensive and can be checked in full following the project link, but two important changes are related to the packaging for Win and Mac platforms:

The win32 and osx packages are complete and now include the zsdcc & zsdcpp binaries. zsdcc is z88dk’s customization of the sdcc compiler. Other users can compile zsdcc from source.

A VS2015 solution file is now available in z88dk/win32 for building all z88dk binaries except zsdcc & zsdcpp. Instructions for building zsdcc & zsdcpp can be found in the install instructions link above.

Another more behind-the-scenes change is that now the source code is on Github, which hopefully will give more visibility for the project and make easier for contributors to jump in and help.